Inducing Children's Emotional Eating

Completed

• Conditions: Emotional Eating Behaviour

• Registration Number: NCT01122290
• Lead Sponsor: University of Birmingham

Brief Summary

Background: Children's emotional eating is related to greater BMI and less healthy diet but little is known about the early development of this behavior.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationships between preschool children's emotional eating and parental feeding practices using experimental manipulation of child mood and food intake in a laboratory setting.

Design: 25 3-5 year old children and their mothers sat together and ate a standard meal to satiety. Mothers completed questionnaires about their feeding practices. Children were assigned to a control or negative mood condition. Children's consumption of snack foods in the absence of hunger was measured.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-05
• Primary Completion: 2009-06
• Study Completion: 2009-06
• Status Verified: 2010-05
• Study First Submitted: 2010-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-05-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-05-12
• Study First Posted: 2010-05-13
• Last Update Posted: 2010-05-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

• Child age between 3 years and 5 years
• No disease/disorder affecting eating
• No learning disability

Exclusion Criteria

• Any child brought in by a (non-primary care-giving) grandparent
• Child BMI at extreme of sample
• Incongruous mood shift to condition
• Child of non-english speaking/reading parent

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
eating in the absence of hunger	@ 60 minutes into study, at ~4 years of age	Child's consumption of kcal from snack foods in the absence of hunger

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University; 🇬🇧 Loughborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom